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Towards Artificial Consciousness

Posted by kdawson on from the define-awareness-and-give-two-examples dept.

jzoom555 writes "In an interview with Discover Magazine, Gerald Edelman, Nobel laureate and founder/director of The Neurosciences Institute, discusses the quality of consciousness and progress in building brain-based-devices. His lab recently published details on a brain model that is self-sustaining and 'has beta waves and gamma waves just like the regular cortex.'" Edelman's latest BBD contains a million simulated neurons and almost half a billion synapses, and is modeled on a cat's brain.

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  1. Re:Neat... by FishTankX · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, if processing power doubles every 2 years, this should realistically take about 35 years to accomplish. Which means we may have artificial human level intelligences before I retire. Perfect, now I can have a care taker that doesn't get fed up with me when I can't pour his coffee because I have parkinsons.

  2. Re:Why create a conscious AI? by benjamindees · · Score: 5, Funny

    Remember, computers are currently our tools. If we give them consciousness, would we then be treating them as slaves?

    McDonald's employees have consciousness. How do we treat them?

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    "I assumed blithely that there were no elves out there in the darkness"